Calgary Mountain Film Festival

After a weekend of climbing and skiing last weekend and a fairly hectic penultimate week of term this week of handing in assignments and wrapping other things off I decided to take today off from anything too adventurous and chill out, lying in to well past lunch. Well thats my excuse for not having a partner to go climbing with! Anyhow heading out to Nakiska with Ian and some friends of his tomorrow to rip it up, more new territory to explore.

To the meat of this post though - an e-mail dropped in to my inbox a few weeks ago from Spirit West, one of the premier outdoor retails in the city which has developed a bit of a community around it (for you Brits think Needlesports or old Rock n' Run and you won't be far off) advertising the Calgary Mountain Film Festival; which is part of the bigger event known as the city's 'Outdoor Festival'. I hadn't heard of it before, which isn't surprising considering this is only the second year its run and with perhaps, the most famous mountain film festival in the world preceding it by a few months in Banff just an hour away. Anyhow I did some reading and it looks like they've got a really good line up of films and of speaks, I'm particularly keen to see Will Gadd talk about his ascent of Hunlen over in BC and see the film. There are 4 separate evenings for the films, but the best value seems to be to buy a weeks pass of $39. I've got finals that week but I'm going to try and make as many of the films as possible as its only a few stations away on the C-train in Kensington. So if your in the city next week (April 19-25th) make sure to get down, its looks good. To whet your appetite theres a trailer for the Banff Mountain Film Festival below, which included many of the films that will be being screened next week.